This paper is concerned with scal externalities arising from local taxation of a mobile factor. Using a panel of more 1100 local jurisdictions it provides empirical evidence on how the local tax rate as well as the tax rate in the neighborhood a ect the local tax base. The results support the existence of scal externalities: an increase in the tax rate of local neighbors exerts a positive e ect...

Purpose: This paper investigates the influence of channel structures and channel coordination on the supplier, the retailer, and the entire supply chain in the context of two different kinds of marketing models: the common retailer and the exclusive shop. Design/methodology/approach: With suppliers who manufacture the alternative commodities and retailers in the dual-channel supply chains as th...

Every week, motion picture exhibitors must decide whether to keep or replace the movies playing in their theaters in light of the past week’s sales data. This decision is complex because of the dynamic decision environment, the uncertainty of demand, the complex revenue sharing terms between the retailer and the distributor, the need to commit to new movies for several weeks and the competitive...

We study interfirm competition on a product market where effort decisions are delegated to the firms’ workers. Intrafirm organization is captured by a principal-multiagent framework where firm owners implement alternative compensation schemes for the workers. We show that the value of delegation as well as the optimal design of the compensation scheme crucially depend on the intensity of compet...

This paper evaluates the joint impact of exclusive channels and revenue sharing on suppliers and retailers in a hybrid duopoly common retailer and exclusive channel model. The model bridges the gap in the literature on hybrid multichannel supply chains with bilateral complementary products and services with/without revenue sharing. The analysis indicates that, without revenue sharing, the suppl...

This study deals with the impact of channel strategy and channel format selection on the manufacturer’s, the retailer’s, the e-tailer’s, and the system-wide profits. We consider the problem of one manufacturer selling one product in the market through two competing channels: a physical channel (retailer) and an internet channel (e-tailer). We assume the manufacturer uses two commonly applied co...

This paper analyses the problem of sub-national revenue mobilization in Peru and proposes several policy reforms to improve collection performance while maintaining a sound revenue structure. We analyze the current revenues of regional and municipal governments and identify the main priorities of reform. Among the most important problems are the acute inequalities and inefficiencies associated ...

Greenhouse gas emissions have serious impacts on the natural environment. Therefore, the restrictions imposed on carbon emission force enterprises to take carbon emission into consideration when making production decisions. In this paper, in the context of allowing emission trading and investment of emission reduction technology, models were presented for a two-stage supply chain to analyze the...

35 National Tax Journal Vol. LXI, No. 1 March 2008 Abstract The proliferation of residential private governments, in the form of homeowners’ associations, to deliver public services coincided with a period in which cities faced signifi cant property tax limitations. Using panel data from California in the era of Proposition 13, I test whether cities that were more tax constrained experienced hi...

In my dissertation, I aim to understand incentives in U.S. healthcare operations based on my collaboration with various health organizations. In my first essay, I investigate the underlying operational and economic drives behind physicians’ test-ordering behavior in an outpatient setting, motivated by a collaborative study with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Eye Center. I model ...